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HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK. (From ...
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April 27, 1850.] &F)T Zltabtt. «7
April 27 , 1850 . ] & f ) t ZLtabtt . « 7
Iwattcrs Of Dfact* Shipping Returns.—It ...
iWattcrs of dFact * Shipping Returns . —It appears from returns made by order of the House of Commons that the number of British vessels entered inwards in the year 1849 was 23 646 , and the tonnage 4 , 884 . 210 ; of foreign vessels 13 * 426 , and the tonnage 2 , 035 , 690 . The number of Bri ' Fsh vessels cleared outwards in the same year was 22 328 , and the tonnage 4 , 785 , 428 ; of foreign vessels 15 275 , and the tonnage 2 , 299 , 060 . The number of vessels belonging to the United Kingdom wrecked in 1849 was 506 , and the tonnage 102 , 516 . Of this number six were steamers .
IfuMBER of Persons Employed on Raiiavays . — A Parliamentary return has been issued , extending to thirty-three folio pages , showing the number and description of persons employed on all railways on the 30 th of June last . The total number employed on railways open and unopen was 159 , 784 . On open lines there were 55 , 968 persons employed ; and on railways not onen for traffic there were 103 , 816 , of which number 83 , 052 were labourers . On the open lines there were 156 secretaries and managers ; 32 treasurers ; 107 engineers ; 314 superintendents ; 120 storekeepers ; 138 accountants and cashiers ; 490 inspectors and timekeepers ; 1300 station-masters ; 103 draughtsmen ; 4021 clerks ; 709 foremen ; 1839 engine-drivers ; 1871
assistant engine-drivers and firemen ; 1631 guards and breaksmen ; 1540 switchmen ; 1361 gatekeepers ; 1508 policemen or watchmen ; 8238 porters and messengers ; 5508 platelayers ; 10 , 809 artificers ; 14 , 028 labourers ; and 144 miscellaneous employment ; making a total of 55 , 968 . The total length of railways open on the 30 th of June was 5447 miles and 10 f chains . Length of railway iu the course of construction , 1504 miles and 20 £ chains . And 5132 miles neither open nor in the course of construction on the 30 th of June . The result shows that on the 30 th of June the length of railways authorized to be used for the conveyance of passengers was 5132 miles and 38 $ chains ; and the number of persons employed was 159 . 784 .
The Linen Trade of Ulster . —In general , this staple trade of the province is in a very healthy state . The demand for goods for export is brisk , and , we think , likely to continue so . The home trade has been the least encouraging , as neither manufacturers nor bleachers have been able to realize any advance of consequence . They , however , had been previously better paid ; and the rise in yarns suitable for heavy linens not having been in proportion to other descriptions , a fair margin may still be calculated on . —Northern Whig .
The Church and Dissent in Wales . —In the early part of this session a printed return was issued by the House of Commons , showing the number of churches and chapels attached to the Established Church in each of the four Welsh Dioceses , and the number of services performed in each , distinguishing the Welsh from the English . In the last two numbers of the weekly papers published in the Principality , this return is noticed ; commencing with the diocese of Llandaff , eleven parishes are taken alphabetically , and the result is as follows : — Number of churches , twenty-one ; total number of services in the above churches every Sunday , thirty-one ; of which twenty are performed in the English language ,
and only eight in the Welsh language , three services being performed alternately once a fortnight , in Welsh and English . Annexed to each parish is an account of the spiritual provision afforded by the Dissenting community for the natives of the country , by which it appears that there are in these eleven parishes fifty-seven Dissenting places of worship , in which there are one hundred and eleven Sunday services , ninety-nine of which are performed in the Welsh language , in addition to one hundred and ten weekly services in the same parishes provided by the Dissenters , ninety-eight of which arc performed in the Welsh language , and twelve in the English .
Imports of Grain in 1849 . —According to a return just published , the total quantity of wheat and wheat flour imported into the United Kingdom in the year ending January 5 , 1850 , amounted to 4 , 835 , 280 quarters , of which 4 , 765 , 233 were from foreign countries , and 160 , 017 from British colonies ; the average price of wheat during the year being 44 s . 3 d . The quantity of foreign harley and barleymeal imported in the same year was 1 , 389 , 858 quarters , the average price being 27 s . 9 d . The total quantity of oats and oatmeal imported was 1 , 307 . 90-1 quarters , of which 1 , 283 , 834 were foreign and 21 , 070 British colonial ; the average price was 17 s . 6 d . Of ryemeal 216 , 843 quarters were imported ; 246 , 822 from foreign countries , and 21 from British colonies , the
average price being 25 s . 8 d . The quantity of peas and poamoal imported was 236 , 525 quarters , of which 221 , 705 were foreign , and 14 , 820 British colonial ; the average price being 31 s . 2 d . The total import of beans and beanmeal amounted to 458 , 651 , all of which , with the exception of one quarter , was foreign ; the average price being 30 s . 2 d . The quantity of Indian corn and meal imported was 2 , 277 , 224 quarters , The imports of buckwheat and buckwhcatracal amounted to 627 quarters , all but one quarter being foreign . In bere or bigg 843 quarters were imported . The aggregate quantity of grain and meal of all sorts imported in 1849 amounted to 10 , 753 , 755 quarters , the largest proportion being supplied by
Denmark ( 1 , 320 , 571 ); Prussia ( 1 , 364 , 694 ) ; Russia ( northern ports , 343 , 121 , ports within the Black Sea , 577 , 633 ; Franc * { 1 , 025 , 009 ); and the United States of America ( 1 , 834 , 000 ; . . Duty ox Nkwsi » ateus . —A return of the stamp ana advertisement duty paid by newspapers has just been publishrd . The aggregate number of stamps issued for muspapers in 1819 was—For England and Wales , 00 , 150 , 502 penny and 10 , 309 , 233 halfpenny stamps ; for Scotland , 0 , 288 , 205 penny and 205 , 000 halfpenny ; for Ireland , 6 , 345 , 227 penny and 38 , 843 halfpenny . The number of London newspapers from which advertisement duty vtm collected in 1849 was 160 ; the number of
advertisements , 886 , 108 ; and the total amount of duty , at the rate of Is . 6 d . each , £ 66 , 458 2 s . The number of English provincial papers was 232 , from which £ 62 , 604 13 s . 6 d . was received for duty on 834 , 729 advertisements . In Scotland 94 newspapers furnished £ 18 , 075 16 s . 6 d . duty , the number of advertisements being 240 , 901 . In Ireland the amount of advertisement duty collected was £ 11 , 026 4 s ., being at the rate of Is . each for 220 , 524 advertisements . The number of Irish newspapers was 117 .
Window Duty . —The total number of houses charged with window duty for the year ending April , 1849 , was , according to a statement just published , 487 , 411 ; the whole amount assessed being £ 1 , 893 , 988 , and the net receipts , £ 1 , 813 , 629 . The 12 towns in England paying the largest amount of window duty are—Bath , in which 3722 houses are assessed for £ 21 , 893 , the net receipts being £ 21 , 986 ; Birmingham , 5423 houses , assessed for £ 16 , 161 , net receipt , £ 14 , 986 ; Brighton , 3613 houses , assessed for £ 18 , 025 , net receipt , £ 17 , 572 ; Bristol , 43 oO
houses , assessed for £ 14 , 675 , net receipt , £ 13 , 280 ; Cheltenham , 1407 houses , assessed for £ 6998 , net receipt , £ 6767 ; Clifton , 1373 houses , assessed for £ 9429 , net receipt , £ 8896 ; Leeds , 2479 houses , assessed for £ 7972 , net receipt , £ 7596 ; Liverpool , 11 , 342 houses , assessed for £ 32 , 461 , net receipt , £ 28 , 856 ; Manchester , 7754 houses , assessed for £ 21 , 925 , net receipt , £ 20 , 575 ; Norwich , 18 7 1 houses , assessed for £ 6627 , net receipt , £ 6465 ; Newcastle-on-Tyne , 2854 houses , assessed for £ 8320 , net receipt , £ 7822 ; and Plymouth , 4527 houses , assessed for £ 12 , 207 , net receipt , £ 11 , 929 .
Belfast has more than doubled its population since 1831 , the amount then being , according to the census , 52 , 837 , whereas the population at present is ascertained to be 105 , 733 . Advances to Ireland . —It appears from a parliamentary paper , which has just been printed , that the amount of public money advanced to Ireland during the last ten years , was £ 1 , 983 , 580 , that the interest paid on this sum has been £ 70 , 876 ; that the amount of principal repaid has been £ 101 , 249 , and that there remains of the principal unpaid £ 1 , 882 , 330 ,
Railway Accidents . —A return to Parliament was printed on Thursday , showing that from the 1 st of June to the 31 st of December last there were 106 persons killed , and 112 injured on all the railways open for public traffic . The number of passengers conveyed during the half year amounted to 34 , 924 , 469 . Of the passengers 54 were injured from causes beyond their own control . 11 passengers were killed and 10 injured owing to their own misconduct or want of caution . 2 servants of companies or of contractors were killed , and 3 injured from causes beyond their own control . 62 servants of companies or of contractors were killed , and 37 injured want of caution 28
owing to their own misconduct or . trespassers and other persons , neither passengers nor servants of the company , were killed , and 7 injured by improperly crossing or standing on the railways . One child was killed and 1 injured by an engine running off the rails and entering a house . There were 2 suicides . The number of miles of railway open on the 30 th of June was 5447 , and 5996 on the 31 st of December last . The increase during the half year was 549 miles . The Tka . de of . France . —The return of the imports and exports of France , during the first quarter of 1850 , shows a diminution of nearly a millions of francs on the amount received by the Treasury for the corresponding
quarter of 1849 , which was a period by no means remarkable for the activity of trade . The following is the state of the receipts for the first quarter of the last three years : —In 1848 , when the revolution broke out , 23 , 022 , 378 f . ; in 1849 , 28 , 612 , 263 f . ; in 1850 , 27 , 854 , 999 f . It will be seen that , if matters do not improve , there must necessarily be a considerable deficiency at the end of the year—a circumstance not by any means calculated upon by the Minister of Finances , when he brought forward his budget a few weeks ago . In examining these accounts , it appears that , notwithstanding the general decline on the imports , there is on some articles a considerable increase . There is a considerable increase in the amount of duty
received on mahogany , cotton , wool , lead , raw silk , coals , and in general on some of the most important raw materials used in manufactures ; while there is a heavy falling off in coffee , corn , and both colonial and home-grown sugar . In foreign sugar there is a rise . The quantity imported in the first three months of 1849 was 49 , 981 quintals ; and in 1850 , 67 , 788 quintals ; and the difference in duty was as 4 , 416 , 620 f . to 5 , 175 , 374 f . The quantity of caat-iron imported in 1850 shows a slight increase on 1849 , but a great falling off as compared with 1848 . In . 1848 ( the year of the revolution ) , the quantity imported was 196 , 013 quintals , and in 1850 only 76 , 297 quintals . This is in consequence of the stoppage of the works on the railways . As regards the exports the falling
off is almost universal . Even wines and brandies , the exportation of which had kept their ground in the midst of the revolution , now show a deficit in comparison with 1849 . The general glut of corn throughout Europe has had a similar effect on all species of grain . Corn is lower in France than it has been for the last thirty years , but it is equally low in England and other importing countries ; so that there is no market for the overplus . It is singular that at Marseilles , the nearest French port to Odessa , which is the bugbear of all ' our Protectionists , rt of
corn is invariably higher than in any other pa France . By the last returns , the quantity sold for 13 f . at . Line cost 19 f . at Marseilles . In cotton and woollen yarns , m gloves , marine salt , dyed and undyed silks , plain ana printed cottons and tulles , there is also a notable tailing off . The greatest rise is iu the articles which come under the denomination of modes , which are of great importance to the trade of Paris . On this description of goods there is a rise of 200 , 000 f There is also a trifling rise on machinery , on porcelain , soap , and crystal . Colonial Patronage . —What can be more monstrous than the personnel of the Ceylon Government . A
governor , with £ 7000 a year ; a colonial secretary , w % Hh nearly £ 2000 a year , and who is perpetually travelling about the colony to get the £ 2 5 s . a day allowed for travelling expenses ; a colonial treasurer , with some £ 1500 a year ; and a colonial auditor-general , with about £ 1800 The lord with £ 7000 a year is the Prime Minister ' s cousin ; the Irishman with £ 1800 a year is the son-ialaw of the Under-Secretary for the Colonies , Mr . Ben . Hawes ; the colonial secretary used to be Lord Stanley ' ^ political jackall ; and who the treasurer may be , the Lord knows I—Correspondent of the Daily News . _ Duty on Paper . — A return has just been published of the amount of duty paid upon paper in Great Britain and Ireland for each of the last ten years , from which at appears that , in 1847 , 1848 , and 1849 , the sums paid were respectively £ 800 , 397 , £ 799 , 459 , and £ 867 , 120 .
Increase and Diminution op Official Salaries . —It appears by a parliamentary paper that the increase which has taken place within the year 1849 in the number of persons employed , or in the salaries , emoluments , allowances , and expenses in all public offices or departments , is as follows : —Increase in number of persons employed , 700 ( 638 in the Post-office ); salaries , £ 20 , 652 7 s . 2 d . ; emoluments , £ 689 7 s . 9 d ^; retired allowances , £ 47 , 384 ; expenses , £ 7152 16 s . 2 di ; total , £ 75 , 876 11 s . Id . The diminution within the same
period was as follows : —Number of persons , 1002 ; salaries , £ 98 , 890 13 s . 8 d . ; emoluments , £ 17 , 128 7 s . ; retired allowances , £ 3 , 556 2 s . lid .: expenses , £ 24 , 078 14 s . 9 d , ; total , £ 143 , 653 18 s . 4 d . The late Rajah of Sattaba . —It appears by a Parliamentary paper printed at the instance of Mr . Hume , that the amount disbursed on account of the family of the late ex-Raj ah of Sattara , from the period of his demise , in 1847 , to the present time , was £ 40 , 845 2 s . 7 d . co . ' s rupees . A further sum of 50 , 000 rupees was paid on the 30 th of October , 1849 , to Rajes Bae , the widow of the Rajah , for the funeral expenses of her husband .
Health Of London During The Week. (From ...
HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK . ( From the Registrar-General ' s Returns . ) It is gratifying to observe that the return for the wee'k ending last Saturday exhibits a further decrease in the mortality . During the two previous weeks the deaths registered in the metropolitan districts were in succession , 1124 , 893 ; they have now declined to 866 . In the corresponding weeks of ten previous years ( 1840-9 ) tne average number was 937 , which being raised in the ratio of probable increase of population , becomes 1022 ; compared with which the number now returned shows a decrease of 156 . In the same week of last year , before cholera became predominant , the deaths were 1089 ; the mean temperature , which was then unusually depressed , w » r lnwpr than in last week bv 12 decrees . Last week
the deaths of 9 children and 2 adults were registered from smallpox ( of which . 3 occurred in the Smallpox-Hospital , Camden-town ) , indicating rather an increase in the disease , though it has not yet quite attained the average ; 17 children died of measles , which is exactly the average ; 36 died of hooping-cough , and 18 children and 1 adult of scarlatina , both complaints being less fatal than usual ; 8 children died of croup , about the usual number ; 35 persons of typhus , and 8 ol erysipelas , both of which are near the average . Ten women died after childbirth , to 7 of whom " puerperal fever" is assigned as the cause of death ; 22 persons , of who m about half were children , died of diarrhoea and dysentery ; this number is double the average , and also exhibits an
increase on each of the three weeks immediately preceding . A woman died of " purpura hsemorrhagica ;" and again , two persons of chorea . The two cases in which the latter disease , so seldom fatal , occurred , are thus recorded : at 8 , Jeff ' s-place , St . John , Ma'vlebone , on the 13 th of April , the daughter of a coa < hmaker , aged 16 year * , " chorea ; " on the 17 th of April , at the London Hospital , to which she had been brought froBa Stepney , a female servant , aged 19 years , died of " chorea . " It is worthy of remark that nine death ? have been registered in London from this cause during the last ten weeks , which is nearly double the number that usually occur in a year . Amongst diseases of the respiratory organs pneumonia and asthma now show a decrease ; bronchitis has also declined , if compared with the amount of corresponding weeks in the last three years , but it is still in excess , in comparison with the mortality of the seven previous years . At the Royal Observatory , Greenwich , the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29 504 in . The daity temperature varied little throughout the week ; the mean temperature was on every day higher than on the same day on an average of seven years ; the mean of thCr week was 48 . 9 deg ., and was about 3 deg . higher than the average . Ten Weeks Week ' of 183 U-19 . of 1859 Zymotic Diseases 1698 .. * .. ¦ 171 ' Dropsy , Cancer , and other disease * of uncertain or variable seat 546 . # •¦• w > Tubercular Diseases .. 2060- .... Mi . Diseases of the Brain , Spinal Marrow , § Nerves , and Senses 1164 ; ,.. II * Disease * of the Heart and Blood-vessels .. 284 , „ . o * ' Diseases of the Lunjys and of the other Organs of Inspiration 1-432 .... 1 « Diseases of the Stomach , Liver , and other Organs of Digestion 502 .... H - Diseases of the Kidneys , & c - 95 .-,.. 12 , Childbirth , diseases of the Uterus , & c . .. 108 .,,. 9 liheumatism , diseases of the Bones , Joints , & C . .. •• .. •• •• "O rrr . 7 Diseases of the Skin , Cellular Tissue , & c ... tt -,.. 1 . Malformations , 14 r ... 4 , Premature Birth and Debility .. .. 201 .,.. 20 Atrophy ,. 13 ii .... i * Age .. .. .. .. .. ., . 57 'J' .... 4 ' p Sudden .. 101 .... i « J Violence , Trivation , Cold , and Intemperance 239 .... 17 , Total ( including uuspeclficd causes ) .. 0366 86 tf
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Leader (1850-1860), April 27, 1850, page 21, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_27041850/page/21/
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